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December 23, 2011
At the Movies: 'War Horse': A feel-good epic that's also hokey
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
Just in time for family-friendly holiday feel-goodery is Steven Spielberg's sweeping, historical epic “War Horse.”
| WAR HORSE |
 Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irvine Rating: PG-13 Running time: 146 minutes |
It's a story that began life as a children's book by Michael Morpurgo, then made its way to the London and New York stages to great acclaim featuring inventive puppetry, and now arrives in theaters with all the grandeur a master filmmaker can conjure.
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